A tubby suburban dad watching hunting and adventure shows
on TV and wondering could I do that?
This is the chronicle of my adventures as I learn to learn to Forage,
Hunt and Fish for food that has lived as I would wish to myself -
Wild and Free.

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Thats some list man,hope you acheive it,not sure about the bear one though,(i had a bear called biscuit as a child,not a real one a toy one hahaha),

I`m off to Africa for some of the world cup,hoping to do a safari and sea fish in Zanzibar,bought myself a shakespere salt water travel rod,its the business,just need a chrome rocket reel and I`m good to go.

But the UK rules look like this:It's an interesting one isn't it? It seems that the deer laws and would appear to be a remnant of the Norman prohibition of hunting for non aristocrats.

The Deer Act of 1991 sets out the rules and prohibitions:

In England, Wales and N.I. it is a minimum calibre of .240 for all deer. In Scotland "For shooting any species of deer - a bullet designed to deform in a predicable manner of not less than 100gr. (6.48g) with a muzzle velocity of not less than 2450 ft/ses (746.78m/sec) and a muzzle energy of not less than 1750ft/lbs

Prohibited methods [s.4 Deer Act , s.3 SI 2183, s.11 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981] It is illegal to set in position for deer any trap, snare or poisoned or stupefying bait or to take or kill any deer with these items or any net. It is illegal to take, kill or injure a deer using: any arrow, spear or similar missile; any missile however discharged, carrying a poison or stupefying drug; any automatic or semi-automatic full bore riﬂe (Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988); Any ﬁrearm or ammunition mentioned in Schedule 2 of the Deer Act or the SI 2183, speciﬁcally; 1. Any smooth bore gun; 2. For Roe deer and larger deer: a riﬂe having a calibre less than .240 inches or a muzzle energy of less than 1700 ft lbs (both criteria apply) 3. For Chinese Water Deer and Muntjac: a riﬂe having a calibre of less than .220 inches and a muzzle energy of less than 1000 foot pounds, and a bullet weighing not less than 50 grains (all criteria apply) 4. Any air gun, air riﬂe or air pistol 5. Any cartridge for use in a smooth-bore gun 6. Any bullet for use in a riﬂe other than a soft- nosed or hollow-nosed bullet

THe animal rights lobby is WAY powerful here so I doubt there'll ever be a change to the law.